Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao accompanied Tianzun to visit Beihai City.

The scale of this floating city is not too big, but although the sparrows are small, there are many shops, although they are not as rich and lively as Kaifeng, but they are also good.

Bai Yutang supported Tianzun, on the one hand, out of respect and filial piety to the "mother", on the other hand, that is, the main aspect, was to drag Tianzun and prevent him from running around.

Tianzun originally enjoyed it, and it was rare for his Yutang to be so obedient, but it was not pleasant to walk.

Tianzun was attracted by a painting stall next to him, and just wanted to go over to take a look, Bai Yutang dragged him and whispered in his ear, "Be honest, don't run around!" ”

Tianzun had no choice but to endure it.

After walking a few more steps, Bai Yutang suddenly instructed him again, "Walk like Sven!" Don't be arrogant. ”

Tianzun then endured.

After walking a few more steps, Bai Yutang said again, "Don't take that big steps!" ”

Tianzun luck, his nose is crooked.

After walking a few more steps, Bai Yutang suddenly tugged Tianzun's arm.

Tianzun glared at Bai Yutang, that means - you will beat you for the teacher again!

Bai Yutang opened his mouth......

Tianzun strode down with his head held high...... and there was a "chirp".

Everyone turned around......

Tianzun felt that he had stepped on something soft under his feet, and looked down......

"Ahh Tianzun jumped three feet high, but fortunately, the black shadow behind him was clever, and the voice of scholar Lu Xue'er was in his throat.

Tianzun kicked his foot - stepped on a bubble of shit! It stinks!

Bai Yutang was afraid that Tianzun would be tossed again and found a flaw by Su Yi and Fu Gao, so he said, "Hurry up and find a place to change and wash." ”

Zhan Zhao pointed to the inn not far away, "Over there, ......" Before he finished speaking, he saw Tianzun "sigh" and disappeared.

Su Yi couldn't help but sigh, "Oh, Madame Bai is really like the legend, her martial arts are outstanding!" ”

Fu Gao asked the black shadow, "The slave will go and prepare a pair of shoes for Madame again, how big are Madame's shoes?" ”

"Dwarf oil, I'll just do this kind of thing!" The black shadow said as he shook off with a handkerchief.

Fu Gao and Su Yi both think - this aunt should have been a matchmaker before, right?

Zhanzhao is embarrassed - next time I want to give advice to the black shadow, there is still a difference between the average old lady and the matchmaker.

Bai Yutang was also a little crying and laughing, and went to chase Tianzun with Zhanzhao.

When Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao chased them to the guest room, Tianzun had already lost his shoes and was sitting in the guest room, and Su Yi and Xiao Fugao were responsible for guarding downstairs.

Bai Yutang's "mother" wants to change clothes, and it is inconvenient for Zhanzhao to follow...... Thereupon...... And he spoke of going outside.

In fact, after leaving the inn, Zhanzhao still took a detour to the back alley and jumped into the room through the back window.

When I entered the door, I saw Tianzun sulking barefoot.

Bai Yutang poured him tea again.

Tianzun squinted at his apprentice.

Bai Yutang was helpless, "I want to remind you to come, if you stare at me and let me say, I can't hold you!" ”

Tianzun hummed and drank tea.

"Master." Bai Yutang coaxed him on the side, "It is said that stepping on dog shit will make good luck." ”

"You think I'm the fourth son?" Tianzun white him.

……

"Ahh

In Zhao Pu's barracks, the little fourth son raised his face and sneezed.

Gongsun was holding him to look at the boxing book, put down the boxing book and pinched his face, "Cold?" ”

"Nope." Xiao Sizi rubbed his nose and asked Gongsun, "Daddy, did you go to Jiujiu to learn boxing last night?" ”

"I didn't finish last night." Gongsun was a little regretful, "Didn't you go to bed early last night?" ”

"Uh-huh!" The fourth son nodded, he slept very early last night in order to let Gongsun go to Zhao Pu early.

"But I ran to Zhao Pu last night, and he smiled inexplicably, and was trying to teach me how to practice boxing, when suddenly there was an urgent military situation to report. As soon as he heard this, he went out, and you see that he hasn't come back yet. Gongsun was dissatisfied.

Xiao Sizi touched his head, but too, he got up early this morning, Gongsun was by his side, and it stands to reason that if it goes well, he should sleep well with Jiujiu.

"But I don't know what happened to Lu Dao, he drove out of Lu at night." Gongsun was obviously more worried about the military situation, and as he spoke, he shook the boxing book in his hand, "He only stuffed me with this book first, so that I could read it first." ”

Xiao Sizi looked at the boxing book and touched his chubby little chin - Jiujiu didn't really plan to teach his father martial arts seriously, right?

As he spoke, the military tent outside was picked up, and Zhao Pu ran back.

I saw him wearing a cloak, and he was obviously out of a long way and had just come back, and as soon as he entered the door, "Nerd." ”

Seeing that Ouyang and Zou Liang were not followed behind him, Gongsun was a little curious, "What's the emergency?" ”

Zhao Pu came to him and sat down, hugged the little fourth son and rubbed it, and said in a low voice, "Find a mass grave, or a weird ice mound." ”

Gongsun was stunned and frowned, "What kind of mass graves are so terrifying?" As he spoke, he wanted to cover the little fourth son's ears to prevent him from listening.

Zhao Pudao, "That pit was discovered by Xiao Tonghai's people, and someone sent someone to inform me last night, I rushed to take a look, good guy, at least tens of thousands of people!" ”

Gongsun was surprised, "Is this a nearby war or is it left over from ancient times?" ”

"What's left, the corpse hasn't rotted yet." Zhao Pu found a cup to drink tea, "That pit is in the frozen soil near the border of the North Sea, there is a huge crater, and the strange thing is that the dead bodies are wearing the uniforms of the North Navy. ”

"What?" Gongsun was puzzled, "There has been no war in Beihai in recent years, why did so many people die?" ”

Zhao Pu shrugged.

"A while ago, I wrote to Xiao Tonghai and asked him to help me pay attention to the movements in Beihai, and he sent someone to inspect the north. The other day, his patrol men were walking on a glacier near the North Sea, and suddenly one of the soldiers noticed that there seemed to be dead bodies under the ice...... The area is covered with snow and frost all year round, and it is almost impossible to see below the ice. Later, they sent people to dig up the ...... I found the giant mound, so I urgently sent someone to inform me. Zhao Pu took a sip of water and dragged Gongsun back, "I brought a few corpses back, you go to check them and see how those people died, I didn't find any external injuries." ”

"Oh." Gongsun hurriedly got up and went outside to check on the body.

Outside the military tent, dozens of corpses lay flat.

The corpses were frozen into popsicles, their faces blue and distorted.

Gongsun frowned slightly, "It looks like he fell into a glacier and drowned." With that, Gongsun began the autopsy.

After everyone waited for about half an hour, Gongsun raised his head and told Zhao Pu, "It is true that they all drowned, and half of them still froze to death, and it seems that they died very suddenly." ”

Zhao Pu was puzzled, "Why is it such a strange way to die?" ”

"Marshal." Ouyang came over and said to Zhao Pu, "We have checked, and the dead are basically strong young men, and they are well-equipped, in terms of the strength of Beihai, it should be their elite troops." ”

"It's really physical." Gongsun was curious, "How can this be?" ”

"Could it be that during the mass march, the ice on the glacier just cracked, and they fell into the river and drowned?" Zou Liang asked.

Zhao Pu touched his chin, "You have also seen the frozen soil in the north, the big ice is harder than the ground, and it freezes all year round, how can it suddenly crack?" Dozens of battles thick! ”

"Besides." Gongsun also felt unbelievable, "If you want to crack, you will crack a crack, and I can understand that it will fall by tens or hundreds, but it is really impossible to fall tens of thousands at once!" ”

Everyone stared at a large mass of corpses in a daze.

At this time, Yin Hou, who came to the vicinity to watch, suddenly asked, "Could it be that the soldiers were walking on the glacier, and there was a person with strong internal force who suddenly shattered the entire ice surface with internal force, and then the soldiers fell into the river, and after that, the master used his internal strength to freeze the glacier instantly...... So the soldiers were drowned and frozen? ”

The crowd looked at each other.

Gongsun touched his chin, "Don't say it, it's really a bit like ......."

"That's a bit difficult, isn't it?" Lin Yehuo asked Yin Hou curiously, "Is it possible?" ”

Yin Hou thought for a while, "I can do it with that old ghost of Tianzun, and so can your master...... Otherwise, there are no more than five people who can do this, but they are all worldly masters, and I don't remember a bad guy who killed innocents like this. ”

"Is that okay with Xuanyuan?" Zhao Pu asked.

"Uh......" Yin Hou thought for a while, "I'm a little uncertain about this, his internal strength is indeed very high, but is it...... It doesn't seem to be that high. ”

"Who could that be?" Zhao Pu frowned, "Why did you kill so many soldiers and horses in Beihai?" And the North Sea side did not check? ”

Yin Hou thought for a while, "I'll go to Beihai and ask?" ”

"Hey...... Wait a minute. Zhao Pu suddenly smiled and stopped Yin Hou, "This matter can be asked justifiably, it is an opportunity." ”

Everyone looked at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu smiled, wrote a letter in person, and found an envoy to send it to Beihai.

……

Put down the envoy who was ordered to go to Beihai to deliver a letter, and said that the inn's Tianzun at this time was them.

Hei Ying bought shoes for Tianzun, Tianzun changed them, Bai Yutang and Zhanzhao took turns to coax a few words, he was in a slightly better mood, and said that he was hungry.

Bai Yutang simply called his guys to order food, and asked Su Yi and Fu Gao to eat in the lobby downstairs, and they ate in the room.

When the guy was delivering the food, Zhanzhao found that it was the old man who served the plate.

Zhan Zhao was a little curious, and the black shadow was also puzzled, and couldn't help but ask an old man who was serving a plate, "This shopkeeper, how long is his life?" ”

"Seventy-five." The old man replied.

"Seventy-five?" The shadow pointed to the others and asked, "Well, they don't look small." ”

"Huh." The old man smiled and nodded, "Yes, they are all over seventy." ”

"Still running away at such an age?" Zhanzhao was a little unbearable.

The old man sighed and shook his head, "No way, our children have all been conscripted." ”

Bai Yutang frowned, "Didn't the Beihai conscription pick one of the two children?" There should be more left! ”

"Hey." The old man then shook his head, "My three sons went to join the army one after another, and they never came back." ”

"There is no war in the North Sea!" Zhan Zhao frowned, "Why do you need so many soldiers and horses?" ”

"I really don't know about that." The old man was also very confused, "There are no soldiers and horses near our imperial city, and there are not many soldiers and horses in the hands of the vassal kings in various places, the strangest thing is that ...... If you join the army, you always have to have a time limit or a vacation to go home to visit relatives, right? Never in the North Sea! ”

Several other elderly people who delivered food also asked, "Are you envoys from other countries?" The first time I saw a foreigner in the Beihai Imperial City. ”

Everyone had no choice but to prevaricate and nod their heads, and sent the old man away.

Wait until the door is closed and you can eat.

Tianzun was a little puzzled, "What the hell is this Beihai doing?" ”

Bai Yutang pinched a few chopsticks and dishes for Tianzun, and asked him to eat them quickly, and then inquire later.

After eating, Bai Yutang summoned Suyi and Fu Gao and returned to the palace with them.

Along the way, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang paid attention to it, and sure enough, most of the old people in Beihai were running around, and the situation in the imperial city was worse than that of other feudal kings.

Zhan Zhao walked behind, chatting with Su Yi, a little curious, "General Xu, what are you doing...... Are there old people in the imperial city? ”

As he spoke, he seemed to be out of curiosity, and asked the old man in the restaurant just now, who was puzzled about the situation of the three children who never came back after they became soldiers.

After hearing this, Su Yi also shook his head, "Lord Yin is from a remote place, so he may not know the situation very well...... My soldiers in Beihai are recruited once, and once less! ”

"What do you mean?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"The outside world has been rumored about my Beihai conscription order and birth order, but as everyone knows, my Beihai army often disappears quietly!"

"Gone?" Zhan Zhao didn't understand.

"It's incredible!" Su Yi shook his head, "A group of soldiers and horses, as little as a few thousand, as many as tens of thousands, go to the northwest to inspect or practice, most of them have gone and have no return!" ”

"You haven't sent anyone to look for it?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"I've looked for it, but the problem is that the soldiers and horses I went to find are gone!" "There were rumors later. ”

"What rumors?"

"It is said that it was secretly ambushed and attacked by the Liao State or the Western Xia, but we have observed the Western Xia and the Liao State, and they did not send troops! Although my Beihai soldiers and horses are not as elite as Zhao Pu's men and horses, they are all brave and good at fighting, where is the reason why tens of thousands of people disappeared out of thin air? Liao and Western Xia ...... No matter which country it is, if it wants to destroy tens of thousands of horses, then at least tens of thousands of horses must be brought out, right? That doesn't guarantee victory and no one will survive, but this strange thing happens all the time! ”

"Didn't the emperor send someone to investigate?" Zhan Zhao asked.

When Su Yi heard this, he sighed, "After checking it a few times to no avail, I put it down and didn't check it." ”

Zhan Zhao frowned - Xuanyuan Ji, the emperor and this father, are really incomprehensible, it doesn't matter if the soldiers and horses are gone, and it doesn't matter if the son is dead......

But one thing is even more strange - according to Zhanzhao's observation along the way, Beihai's combat effectiveness is limited, so how did they control the royal family of Western Xia and Liao? Those two liars? There's no reason, what's the purpose?

At this time, everyone had just returned to the imperial city.

I was walking across the first pontoon bridge and was about to go upstairs, when all of a sudden...... There was a familiar sound of bells striking from the mountains.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang raised their faces and looked up the mountain, and they saw chaos. Both of them felt that this voice was a little familiar! It's like the bell that rang last night when the six princes were killed.

I saw a commotion ahead.

Fu Gao ran forward to ask, and when he came back, he was also surprised, and replied to Bai Yutang, "Your Highness, I heard that the Eighth Prince was killed!" ”

"Another death?" Bai Yutang was surprised.

"One died last night, and another prince died today!" Su Yi was puzzled, "How can this be?" ”

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other - is it really as the little fourth son said, they are in decline, where do they go? That's unlucky, isn't it?